The Mets’ farm system mixed shutouts, strong pitching, and one frustrating slip in the Dominican Summer League on 08/08/26.
The cleanest win came in Binghamton, where Noah Hall carried the Rumble Ponies to a 1-0 victory over Hartford. Hall was outstanding for six innings, allowing just two hits and three walks while piling up 10 strikeouts.
The bullpen did the rest to protect the shutout. Binghamton’s lineup didn’t do much overall, even with Mitch Voit, newly acquired Émilien Pitre, and rehabbing Jacob Reimer in the mix, but Kevin Parada supplied the only run of the night after being recently demoted.
At the plate for Binghamton, Voit went 0-for-2 with a walk, strikeout, and stolen base. Marco Vargas was 1-for-4 with two strikeouts.
Pitre, Jefferson Rojas, and Reimer each went 0-for-3 with a strikeout. John Bay finished 1-for-3 with a run and a strikeout.
Parada went 1-for-3 with a double and the RBI. JT Benson, Yohairo Cuevas, and Corey Collins also appeared without adding much offensively.
Behind Hall, Garrett Stratton, Carlos Guzman, and Saul Garcia each threw a scoreless inning.
In St. Lucie, Julio Zayas provided all the offense in a 2-0 win over Daytona.
He went 2-for-4 with a run, a home run, and two RBI, accounting for 2/5 of the Mets’ hits in the game. Ethan Lanthier got the start and followed up a strong outing with another good one, though again in a short stint.
Christian Rodriguez and Zack Mack handled the rest with excellent relief work to complete the shutout.
The St. Lucie lineup had some quiet nights around Zayas.
Vladi Gomez went 0-for-4 with three strikeouts, Wyatt Vincent was 1-for-4, Ryan Tayman went 0-for-3, and Yovanny Rodriguez was 1-for-3. Simon Juan, Bohan Adderley, Dylan Carey, and Kooper Schulte all finished without hits.
Carey also committed an error. Lanthier threw three scoreless innings, Rodriguez worked 4.1 scoreless innings, and Mack finished with 1.2 scoreless frames.
Brooklyn’s game against Wilmington was postponed.
In the Florida Complex League, the Mets Orange edged the Rangers Blue 3-2. Abner Meza gave them five innings, allowing two earned runs with six strikeouts.
Jodarlin Perez followed with three scoreless innings, and Alvaro Carrillo worked a scoreless ninth. Cleiner Ramirez didn’t record a hit, but he still had a hand in the offense with a run, an RBI, two walks, and two stolen bases.
Cesar Acosta went 1-for-3 with a run, a triple, a walk, and two strikeouts. Sebastian Toro drove in a run, while Henry Manrique added a hit and a run.
Johnderis Sanchez had a rough one in the field with two errors.
The roughest result came in the DSL, where the Blue Jays Red beat the Mets Blue 8-6 and spoiled what would have been an organization-wide sweep. Frank Moreno had the loudest line for Mets Blue, going 2-for-3 with two runs, a double, a triple, and a walk.
Emerson Estevez also chipped in, finishing 1-for-3 with two runs, a triple, an RBI, and a walk. Adrian Silva had a double and two RBI, while Oscar Pena, Jesus Minaya, and Elvis Teran each drove in a run.
But the pitching staff couldn’t hold up its end. Christopher Rochin was tagged for four earned runs in 1.2 innings, Mauricio Nunez allowed one run in 2.1 innings, and Maykol Vasquez gave up three runs, two earned, in 2.2 innings.
For the night, Noah Hall earned Star of the Night, and Vladi Gomez took Goat of the Night.
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